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Pocket Books/Star Trek (1993), 288 pages
Description
Deep Space NineTM is forced to curtail entry to the wormhole due to increased graviton emissions, and an air of biting tension settles over the station. This anxiety leads to the murder of an Edeman religious leader, Commander Benjamin Sisko and Security Chief Odo realize they face a larger problem. Soon Sisko and Odo have more lifeless bodies on their hands and a killer who strikes without motive. Then, both the Edemans and Cardassians arrive threatening to destroy the station unless the murderer is given to them for retribution. In order to save Deep Space Nine and stop the killing, Odo must try to destroy a powerful assassin who is the only link to his mysterious past.
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LibraryThing member Daedalus18
Okay - this is just plain fun.
There are people who whine that it is too violent. I really got the impression that it was violence with a purpose, though. Peter David says in his forward that he didn't really like the premise of the show - but enjoyed the 5 episodes he had seen. I think he liked the
The series editors wanted the DS9 fiction to start strong - so they offer the first novel to one of their more popular writers. You just know editorial had some uneasiness in their guts putting their seal of approval on the book for publication - but at the same time, only fans are going to buy the fiction anyway, right? In a way DS9 was supposed to be more gritty and real... and this book certainly makes a go of getting that done - far moreso than the series itself (at least in the beginning).
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I read it on vacation. The characters felt dead on to me (full disclosure - I myself am only just getting into the series, and I read this book right at the point where PD had seen the series so far - - some correct and deserved critique points out that PD's portrayal of the characters isn't accurate according to episodes that aired after the book was written, but it IS accurate to the series 'bible' - namely the development materials and character synopsis as they existed at the time).
There is fairly ruthless killing, children in peril, Kira and Dax as mindless sex objects for Ferengi pleasure, and Odo out the wazoo. It is great fun, and I recommend it.
The handling of Sisko and O'Brien is worth the price of admission - all stories sharp, relevant, and entertaining. I'm ready for more Peter David Trek, for sure.
There are people who whine that it is too violent. I really got the impression that it was violence with a purpose, though. Peter David says in his forward that he didn't really like the premise of the show - but enjoyed the 5 episodes he had seen. I think he liked the
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premise even less than he expresses - he spends the book really ripping DS9 a new one, in a way that is respectful to it at the same time. The series editors wanted the DS9 fiction to start strong - so they offer the first novel to one of their more popular writers. You just know editorial had some uneasiness in their guts putting their seal of approval on the book for publication - but at the same time, only fans are going to buy the fiction anyway, right? In a way DS9 was supposed to be more gritty and real... and this book certainly makes a go of getting that done - far moreso than the series itself (at least in the beginning).
I enjoyed it thoroughly. I read it on vacation. The characters felt dead on to me (full disclosure - I myself am only just getting into the series, and I read this book right at the point where PD had seen the series so far - - some correct and deserved critique points out that PD's portrayal of the characters isn't accurate according to episodes that aired after the book was written, but it IS accurate to the series 'bible' - namely the development materials and character synopsis as they existed at the time).
There is fairly ruthless killing, children in peril, Kira and Dax as mindless sex objects for Ferengi pleasure, and Odo out the wazoo. It is great fun, and I recommend it.
The handling of Sisko and O'Brien is worth the price of admission - all stories sharp, relevant, and entertaining. I'm ready for more Peter David Trek, for sure.
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LibraryThing member DanieXJ
This is the first non-tv episode novelization novel of the DS9 series. It's also a Peter David novel. Unfortunately for Mr David there had only been a few episodes of the TV series before this. So, quite a few of the characterizations are a little off. Sisko seems a bit more combustible than in the
Still, the writing and plot was amazing as usual. It's mainly Odo's story. He doesn't know much about himself and when a serial killer appears on the station and seems to have the same shape shifting abilities as Odo it gives Odo a chance to go through all sorts of human emotions.
There's also an interesting (in a cultury-y philosophical sorta way) subplot with Bashir and an alien family that gets stuck on the station.
It's a full novel with the plots interweaving and separating in the usual dance that Peter David puts on the page.
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series. Odo seems a lot more human in the series and I'm not sure how O'Brien was different, but he did seem different than the TV series.Still, the writing and plot was amazing as usual. It's mainly Odo's story. He doesn't know much about himself and when a serial killer appears on the station and seems to have the same shape shifting abilities as Odo it gives Odo a chance to go through all sorts of human emotions.
There's also an interesting (in a cultury-y philosophical sorta way) subplot with Bashir and an alien family that gets stuck on the station.
It's a full novel with the plots interweaving and separating in the usual dance that Peter David puts on the page.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1993-05
Physical description
288 p.; 4.19 inches
ISBN
0671870831 / 9780671870836